REDDAM EARLY LEARNING SCHOOL LINDFIELD NEWSLETTER Principal’s Message
23rd September 2022 By Christine Irwin
Dear Parents, As term 3 draws to a close it has been insightful to observe the children’s knowledge and development extend throughout the weeks whilst researching their interests in the classrooms. In stage 1R this term the children were involved in many experiences reflecting earth and cultures. It was wonderful to see the variety of resources used with our youngest whilst they explored this topic. In 1E the children were involved with the seasons and snowflakes adorned the classroom. This topic morphed into sustainability by the end of term and the children are busily sorting resources into the recycling bins. Sustainability will continue as an interest throughout our VCP and into the new term. Stage 2 has been a hype of activity over the past 9 weeks as the children delved into occupations across both 2R and 2E. It was lovely to see the children looking at roles that are held by people in our community such as construction workers to palaeontologists. Moving into term 4, 2R are extending their interests about different cultures in the community and there is still a strong interest in animals. The children in 2E have started to discuss their emotions and feelings so the team is looking to explore this area further in term 4. All of stage 3 continue to learn Auslan throughout the term in their group times. It is so lovely to see the children learning another way to communicate and help their friends understand. Our stage 3R children were very busy in the world of make believe. Camping, cooking, dress ups, home-corner restaurants and sand pit bakeries are some of the experiences that the children enjoyed. Imaginative play will continue into Term 4 as an interest in Dinosaur emerges. In 3E the children have been exploring emotions and feelings. This sparked many conversations of big feelings that 3-year-olds often have and what we can do with these feelings and how to find experiences to find calm. Term 4 sees the interest of children moving into the alphabet and writing their names. Our drawing Learning centre will continue to be a big player throughout this interest. The 4R class started their Term 3 by researching planet earth and how our planet was formed. We saw some lovely artwork including watercolours used to make our planet in the colours seen in provocations provided of planet earth on our visual arts tables. The children have recently moved their interest to the rainforest of South Africa. Please drop by their classroom to see the display of beautiful paintings the children completed of the Savanna using the colours of oranges and yellow and black.